By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman and Shawnee Heights fell short of of earning state team berths in Monday's Class 5A sub-state golf regional at Shawnee Country Club, but the Vikings and T-Birds will still be well-represented in next week's state tournament at Wichita.
Shawnee Heights' Joey Hohman and Andrew Schulte and Seaman's Hunter Gerhardt and Evan Michalski all qualified as individuals for next week's Class 5A state golf tournament at Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman and Shawnee Heights finished fourth and fifth in the team standings, with only the top three teams moving on, but the Vikings qualified Evan Michalski and Hunter Gerhardt for state while the T-Birds qualified Joey Hohman and Andrew Schulte.
"I'm proud of the kids,'' Seaman coach Rick Rineberg said. "We really did a good job battling today. We kind of got off to a weird start with the weather and the thunderstorm and we had a 30-minute delay, but all in all I'm really proud of the kids. I felt like they did a good job of minimizing the big scores and maximizing their opportunities for pars.
"I'm super proud of Evan and Hunter. They've done a great job for us all year. Evan especially has come on super hot lately. He did a great job last week at league and Hunter's been Mr. Consistent all year and he utilized that again today.''
Shawnee Heights coach Jane Yi was also extremely happy with her team's sub-state performance.
"I'm very excited,'' Yi said. "This was a hard field and my team's really young. I did have a senior but overall they're juniors and a sophomore and it's hard to score well when you're young. They just came out of JV last year going into varsity and regionals is very stressful.''
Seaman's Evan Michalski led the city contingent in Monday's Class 5A sub-state at Shawnee Country Club with a 77. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Joey Hohman shot an 81 to pace Shawnee Heights in Monday's Class 5A sub-state at Shawnee Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman's Michalski paced the city contingent with a tie for sixth place (77), while Heights' Hohman shot an 81 and Seaman's Gerhardt and Heights' Schulte both shot 83s.
St. James Academy captured the team championship with a four-person score of 302, while Blue Valley Southwest (303) and St. Thomas Aquinas (318) earned the final two team berths.
Seaman finished fourth at 332 while Shawnee Heights was fifth at 335 and Topeka West finished sixth at 389.
The 5A state tournament will be contested on Tuesday May 26 and Wednesday May 27 at Wichita's Tallgrass Golf Club.
CLASS 5A BOYS GOLF SUB-STATE
At Shawnee Country Club
Team scores
St. James Academy 302, Blue Valley Southwest 303, St. Thomas Aquinas 318, Seaman 332, Shawnee Heights 335, Topeka West 389, Lansing 445.
Individual results
1. Beau Sheldon, Blue Valley Southwest, 69; 2. Josh Fratzel, St. James Academy, 71; 3. Joey Governal, St. James Academy, 73; 4. (tie) Max Trevino, Leavenworth, and Cullen Kintner, St. Thomas Aquinas, 75; 6. (tie) John Koenings, St. James Academy; Evan Michalski, Seaman, and Beckhem Budig, Blue Valley Southwest, 77; 9. Hudson Schwartz, Blue Valley Southwest, 78; 10. (tie) Ryan Heyka, Blue Valley Southwest, and Jack Kilroy, St. Thomas Aquinas, 79.
Individual state qualifiers -- Max Trevino, Leavenworth, 75; Evan Michalski, Seaman, 77; Joey Hohman, Shawnee Heights, 81; Hunter Gerhardt, Seaman, 83; Andrew Schulte, Shawnee Heights, 83.
Other Seaman -- Jordan Burghart 84, Noah LaRosh 88, Nicholas Hill, 88, Leyton Eckert 89.
Shawnee Heights -- Ayden Valdivia 84, Evan Jones 87, Deegan Benton 89, Keaton Hornbaker 91.
Topeka West -- Landon Schultz 89, Blake Schultz 91, Solomon Roark 104, Maks Rodriguez 105.
